66m. Sauratown Mountains
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25
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Low mountains and ridges, isolated monadnock, rounded to steep slopes. High gradient, bedrock and boulder-bottomed cool, clear streams.
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1000-2595
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1000-1400
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Quaternary to Tertiary quartz-rich saprolite; Cambrian quartzite, quartz-muscovite schist, and biotite gneiss.
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Ultisols (Hapludults, Kanhapludults), Inceptisols (Dystrudepts)
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Pilot Mountain, Sauratown, Hayesville, Cowee, Ashe, Brevard, Greenlee
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Mesic / Udic
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48-50
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165-185
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24/46
64/86
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Appalachian oak forest. Mostly pine-oak/heath woodlands (Virginia pine, table-mountain pine, pitch pine, scarlet oak); chestnut oak forest (chestnut oak, scarlet oak, red oak, hickories, hemlock, red maple, pines).
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